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BACKGROUND:A challenge for resection of thoracic inlet tumors lies in that high risk of injuring vital blood vessels and brachial plexus still exists during the resection. And the standard surgical approach for resection of thoracic inlet tumors has not yet been well established. METHODS:Small cervical incision-assisted minimally invasive surgical technique was developed and carried out in patients with non-invasive thoracic inlet tumor in our department. RESULTS:We successfully performed the small cervical incision-assisted minimally invasive surgery in two patients with thoracic inlet tumors. The thoracic inlet tumors of the two patients were removed completely without any postoperative complications, and the patients achieved quick rehabilitation after surgery. This combined approach compensates the blind area of thoracoscope in visualizing the superior end of thoracic inlet tumors, and thus enables us to complete the resection safely and confidently. CONCLUSIONS:Small cervical incision did facilitate the minimally invasive resection of non-invasive thoracic inlet tumor. Hopefully, this combined approach of video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) with small cervical incision could be widely utilized in resecting thoracic inlet tumors by general thoracic surgeon.
journal_name
J Thorac Disjournal_title
Journal of thoracic diseaseauthors
Deng HY,Li ZH,Wang ZQ,Wang YC,Li G,Lin YD,Liu LXdoi
10.21037/jtd.2016.10.52subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2016-10-01 00:00:00pages
2931-2935issue
10eissn
2072-1439issn
2077-6624pii
jtd-08-10-2931journal_volume
8pub_type
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